FKIE_CVE-2026-72339
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:22 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:18
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
qede: fix off-by-one in BD ring consumption on build_skb failure
qede_rx_build_skb() and qede_tpa_rx_build_skb() do not check for a
NULL return from qede_build_skb(). When it returns NULL under memory
pressure, the functions still consume a BD from the ring before
returning NULL. The callers then recycle additional BDs, resulting in
one extra BD being consumed (off-by-one). This desynchronizes the BD
ring, which can corrupt DMA page reference counts and lead to SLUB
freelist corruption.
Commit 4e910dbe3650 ("qede: confirm skb is allocated before using")
added a NULL check inside qede_build_skb() to prevent a NULL pointer
dereference, but did not address the missing NULL checks in the
callers, making this off-by-one reachable.
Fix this by adding NULL checks for the return value of
qede_build_skb() in both qede_rx_build_skb() and
qede_tpa_rx_build_skb(), returning NULL immediately before any BD ring
manipulation.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"lessThan": "ecc05d4b20220a09c9c69584fc46ca55248a374a",
"status": "affected",
"version": "8a8633978b842c88fbcfe00d4e5dde96048f630e",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
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"status": "affected",
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"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "1624aa100c0b218181aa74e3696a389b509298cb",
"status": "affected",
"version": "8a8633978b842c88fbcfe00d4e5dde96048f630e",
"versionType": "git"
},
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"status": "affected",
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"versionType": "git"
},
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"status": "affected",
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"versionType": "git"
},
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"versionType": "git"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"drivers/net/ethernet/qlogic/qede/qede_fp.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "4.18"
},
{
"lessThan": "4.18",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.10.261",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.15.212",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.178",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.6.145",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.97",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.40",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.1.5",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nqede: fix off-by-one in BD ring consumption on build_skb failure\n\nqede_rx_build_skb() and qede_tpa_rx_build_skb() do not check for a\nNULL return from qede_build_skb(). When it returns NULL under memory\npressure, the functions still consume a BD from the ring before\nreturning NULL. The callers then recycle additional BDs, resulting in\none extra BD being consumed (off-by-one). This desynchronizes the BD\nring, which can corrupt DMA page reference counts and lead to SLUB\nfreelist corruption.\n\nCommit 4e910dbe3650 (\"qede: confirm skb is allocated before using\")\nadded a NULL check inside qede_build_skb() to prevent a NULL pointer\ndereference, but did not address the missing NULL checks in the\ncallers, making this off-by-one reachable.\n\nFix this by adding NULL checks for the return value of\nqede_build_skb() in both qede_rx_build_skb() and\nqede_tpa_rx_build_skb(), returning NULL immediately before any BD ring\nmanipulation."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-72339",
"lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:18:37.623",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 9.8,
"baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
"impactScore": 5.9,
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
},
"published": "2026-08-15T06:22:07.150",
"references": [
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07be8b8adf91b7ada4c3dacce064d572a6066421"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bf78df2d3ecb1f4964ff42a7327d25845955153"
},
{
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1624aa100c0b218181aa74e3696a389b509298cb"
},
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},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/982d6d6bc059c5dff37a2201c2f08c14bcfcbd20"
},
{
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},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b066420e57f3402a52c998678b4678252ac9bb63"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecc05d4b20220a09c9c69584fc46ca55248a374a"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Received"
}
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